Speaking of Dreams

Studio album by Joan Baez

Released

November 1989

Recorded

1989

Alan Abrahams

Joan Baez chronology

Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring
(1988)

Speaking of Dreams
(1989)

Play Me Backwards
(1992)

Speaking of Dreams is a 1989 album by Joan Baez that mixed personal compositions like the title song with political statements like "China", which was inspired by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. (Baez also dedicated the album to the students of Tiananmen Square who "nonviolently, and at an enormous price, have changed the face of China forever.") The album featured collaborations with Paul Simon, Jackson Browne and the Gipsy Kings, and marked the beginning of a period where Baez notes she put her music ahead of the political activism that had preoccupied her for much of the prior decade.

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Track listing

"China" (Joan Baez)
"Warriors of the Sun" (Baez)
"Carrickfergus" (traditional, Alan Connaught)
"Hand to Mouth" (George Michael)
"Speaking of Dreams" (Baez)
"El Salvador" (Gregory Copeland) (duet with Jackson Browne)
"Rambler Gambler/Whispering Bells" (traditional) (duet with Paul Simon)
"Fairfax County" (David Massengill)
"A Mi Manera (My Way)" (Paul Anka) (with the Gipsy Kings)

Joan Baez

Studio albums	Joan Baez (1960) Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961) Joan Baez/5 (1964) Farewell, Angelina (1965) Noël (1966) Joan (1967) Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time (1968) Any Day Now (1968) David's Album (1969) I Live One Day at a Time (1970) Carry It On (1971) Blessed Are... (1971) Come from the Shadows (1972) Where Are You Now, My Son? (1973) Gracias a la Vida: Joan Baez canta en español (1974) Diamonds & Rust (1975) Gulf Winds (1976) Blowin' Away (1977) Honest Lullaby (1979) Recently (1987) Speaking of Dreams (1989) Play Me Backwards (1992) Gone From Danger (1997) Dark Chords on a Big Guitar (2003) Day after Tomorrow (2008)

Live albums	Joan Baez in Concert (1962) Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 (1963) From Every Stage (1976) Live Europe 83 (1983) Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring (1988) Ring Them Bells (1995) Live at Newport (1996; recorded 1963-65) Bowery Songs (2005)

Compilations	Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square (1959) Portrait of Joan Baez (1967) The First 10 Years (1970) The Joan Baez Ballad Book (1972) Hits: Greatest and Others (1973) The Contemporary Ballad Book (1974) The Joan Baez Lovesong Album (1976) Best of Joan C. Baez (1977) The Joan Baez Country Music Album (1979) Joan Baez: Classics (1986) Brothers in Arms (1991) Rare, Live & Classic (1993) Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection (2000) The Complete A&M Recordings (2003)

Notable songs	"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" "Diamonds & Rust" "Farewell, Angelina" "Forever Young" "Here's to You" "Honest Lullaby" "House of the Rising Sun" "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" "Joe Hill" "Lily of the West" "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" "Love Song to a Stranger" "Mary Hamilton" "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" "Reunion Hill" "Scarlet Tide" "Silver Dagger" "Speaking of Dreams" "Stones in the Road" "Sweet Sir Galahad" "There but for Fortune" "We Shall Overcome" "What Have They Done to the Rain" "Time Rag"

Concert tours	List of Joan Baez concerts

Related	Albert Baez (father) Mimi Fariña (sister) David Harris (husband) Richard Fariña (brother-in-law) Bob Dylan Opposition to the Vietnam War Anti-war songs March on Washington Selma to Montgomery march Woodstock Vanguard Records

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